embed: significado y definiciones

To fix firmly in a surrounding mass: embed a post in concrete; fossils embedded in shale.

To enclose snugly or firmly.

To cause to be an integral part of a surrounding whole: "a minor accuracy embedded in a larger untruth” ( Ian Jack).

To assign (a journalist) to travel with a military unit during an armed conflict.

Biology To enclose (a specimen) in a supporting material before sectioning for microscopic examination.

To become embedded: The harpoon struck but did not embed.

One that is embedded, especially a journalist who is assigned to an active military unit.